1. Whenever I remember you a shiver runs through me,
Making my body and bones quiver.

2. It's just that when I see you suddenly,
I'm stunned and can barely respond.

3. I dismiss my own opinion that I intended,
And forget what I was saying, as you disappear.

4. My heart reveals your excuses and assists you
Against me, so I have no share in my own heart.

5. Yet my soul knows where it can find its cure—
Nearby. And what is near is soon obtained.

6. I swore by the congregation bowing to their Lord,
Humbly, with the Overseer above the bowing crowd,

7. That if the coolness of water slakes my thirst
As a lover, she is indeed my darling.

8. I said to the augur of doves in Dawnan, "Cure me,
For if you heal me, you are a skilled physician."

9. But I have no illness or jinn-borne affliction;
Rather, my uncle Humayri is a liar.

10. On an evening with no unforeseen disaster
To be hoped for, nor any from you that is near,

11. Since I do not see the sun but I remember her,
And I get from your love my allotted share,

12. Passions are not mentioned but I mention hers,
Nor stinginess, unless I say you will reward.

13. My last news of Oufayra is that she
Turns about, her eyebrow wholly arched.

14. On an evening I cannot satisfy my own needs
And know not how I shall respond if called.